Subhaga Crystal Bacon is a Queer poet living in rural northcentral Washington on unceded Methow land. Their latest book, Transitory, is the recipient of the Isabella Gardner Award for Poetry, from BOA Editions, and was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. Subhaga is a teaching artist working in schools and libraries as well as with private students. Their work appears or is forthcoming in a variety of journals including Diode, the Bellevue Literary Review, Indianapolis Review, Rise Up Review, Ghost City Review. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing: Poetry, from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.